SNOW IN St. George!!

December 17 we woke up to a "blanket of snow" They closed the schools and even canceled the evening band concert. We got about 3" of snow overnight and to St. George (who has no way to scrap roads-even though to us who grew up in snow it is normal and snow plows usually don't worry about 3" anyway) it was a big deal. The kids built a snowman on our lawn, 4 snowmen and 2 "snow chairs" for one neighbor and 3 snowmen for another neighbor. It was lots of fun and we had a white week-before-Christmas.

Dance recital 2008

The girls dance recital was December 21st The all did a great job and love performing. They also performed at the "Lins Market" holiday open house and the "Jubilee of Trees"

Zack's Reflections picture 2008

Zack drew a picture for the reflections contest at school. The theme was "wow" and he did a "hidden picture" There are 5 "wow"s inside the picture that he drew and colored. Very fun.

Brittany's Birthday 2008

Brittany turned 10 in November. For her Birthday we gave her "riding lessons" A friend agreed to teach about and let her ride horses for a few hours. She absolutely loved it. Now one of her "new year's goals" is to ride horses again. She also got a "hair straitener" --which she loves so she doesn't have curly hair all the time.

Halloween 2008

It is a little late, but here are some pictures from halloween. Thanks Jenn for the "McQueen" help.


Zack and his 2 friends were the "3 Musketeers" Brittany was a "lady of the court" Courtney was "Barbie-fairytopia" Melanie was "Jasmine" Anthony was "McQueen" Davie was "Tigger" and Eric was "quarter back" (he has an enlarged copy of a quarter on his back and I was a "50's girls" The kids all had a great time.

Dance Pictures by Marcia Bosshardt

a care free 2 year old

Story 1. I don't have a picture for this one and you will probably be glad. :) Monday I was helping Anthony go potty and the door bell rang. I was washing my hands and hadn't got pants back on him yet. Anthony ran to answer the door (he loves to) stark NAKED!! It was a good friend that I used to work with in the primary (thankfully). She just laughed and said something like "Oh it is pants optional day today." It was so funny!!! Anthony didn't care and probably didn't even know what we were laughing at.
Story 2. No picture for this one eaither. Anthony has discovered "his crack" and speaks of it often. He had just finished going potty again and while I was getting him some clean underwear he picked up his swords. This would normally not be a problem. When I came back with his clothes (this makes me laugh even as I'm typing) he had his swords in "his crack" and was walking around the kitchen. Yikes!! Do I laugh so he will continue to do this or take them away and tell him not to stick things in there? I did both, got him dressed, and sanitized the swords. WHAT BOYS THINK OF I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!!! But it sure was funny!!!

Love to all.